Characters constantly spout lines that glorify male sexuality while demeaning women, and the billboards and radio stations of the world reinforce this misogyny, with ads that equate manhood with sleek sports cars while encouraging women to purchase a fragrance that will make them “smell like a bitch.” Yes, these are exaggerations of misogynistic undercurrents in our own society, but not satirical ones.

I'm not going to take the negatives of any review too personally. One, it's their right to voice their opinion, even if it doesn't sync up with mine. Secondly, any review is nothing more than a suggestion. "This is my view of the subject, and what I took away from it." It's actually interesting for me to hear opinions from people who have different viewpoints, even if my own experience tells me that they may end up a bit wrongheaded, or, surprisingly, justified in a way that I would not have surmised on my own. I found out what I needed to know from the reviews and I will temper my own opinion from the heat rolling off my Xbox as I tear into the game on my own. We are on this forum because we enjoy GTA Games. We can spare ourselves the needless vitriol.

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This might be illuminating for some of us. N4G has an article (see below, and DON'T CLICK on it unless you don't mind seeing some of the in-game content -- stills only) that talks about the two ports. Interestingly, they say that the game has achieved "near parity" on both consoles, with the Xbox version having shadows and vegetation that look slightly better. They also wrote that framerates are equally good on both systems. N4G emphasize that the Xbox version is only "barely" better-looking, and that they have no idea yet about which version will perform better on-line.

Read it for yourself (again, DON'T CLICK if you want to avoid seeing anything from this game yet):